PSU Center for Transportation Studies
Transportation Seminar

Friday, January 22, 2010
Room 204 of the Distance Learning Center Wing of the Urban Center on the Portland State University campus

Speaker: Mel Rader

Topic: Health Benefits of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in our Transportation System

Abstract: An overview will be presented on key policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in our transportation system, and the health outcomes tied with those policies. The results come from the first-ever, formal Health Impact Assessment done on a climate change policy, coordinated by Upstream Public Health, and conducted by Oregon Health Science University and Human Impact Partners. Key health impacts related to changes in air pollution, physical activity and collisions will be presented for each of the 11 policies related to reduced driving. A new, ground-breaking study will also be presented on scenario planning that was conducted in London and New Delhi, that could be a model for how scenario planning can be conducted in Oregon.